An unfortunate coincidence of cuts to fundamental rotorcraft research was part of the U.S. fiscal 2013 budget submitted to Congress in February.The headquarters of both NASA and the Army decided to slash funding for basic research efforts that are vitally important to developing future technologies for vertical flight.These proposed reductions to NASA's Subsonic Rotary Wing project and the Army's funding of the joint National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC) program would hobble these already underfunded efforts and significantly set back future technology advancements.
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